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Eustermann S, Patel AB, Hopfner KP, He Y, Korber P. Energy-driven genome regulation by ATP-dependent chromatin remodellers. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2024; 25:309-332. [PMID: 38081975 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-023-00683-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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The packaging of DNA into chromatin in eukaryotes regulates gene transcription, DNA replication and DNA repair. ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling enzymes (re)arrange nucleosomes at the first level of chromatin organization. Their Snf2-type motor ATPases alter histone-DNA interactions through a common DNA translocation mechanism. Whether remodeller activities mainly catalyse nucleosome dynamics or accurately co-determine nucleosome organization remained unclear. In this Review, we discuss the emerging mechanisms of chromatin remodelling: dynamic remodeller architectures and their interactions, the inner workings of the ATPase cycle, allosteric regulation and pathological dysregulation. Recent mechanistic insights argue for a decisive role of remodellers in the energy-driven self-organization of chromatin, which enables both stability and plasticity of genome regulation - for example, during development and stress. Different remodellers, such as members of the SWI/SNF, ISWI, CHD and INO80 families, process (epi)genetic information through specific mechanisms into distinct functional outputs. Combinatorial assembly of remodellers and their interplay with histone modifications, histone variants, DNA sequence or DNA-bound transcription factors regulate nucleosome mobilization or eviction or histone exchange. Such input-output relationships determine specific nucleosome positions and compositions with distinct DNA accessibilities and mediate differential genome regulation. Finally, remodeller genes are often mutated in diseases characterized by genome dysregulation, notably in cancer, and we discuss their physiological relevance.
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- Sebastian Eustermann
- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
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- Biomedical Center (BMC), Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Martinsried, Germany.
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Little J, Chikina M, Clark NL. Evolutionary rate covariation is a reliable predictor of co-functional interactions but not necessarily physical interactions. eLife 2024; 12:RP93333. [PMID: 38415754 PMCID: PMC10942632 DOI: 10.7554/elife.93333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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Co-functional proteins tend to have rates of evolution that covary over time. This correlation between evolutionary rates can be measured over the branches of a phylogenetic tree through methods such as evolutionary rate covariation (ERC), and then used to construct gene networks by the identification of proteins with functional interactions. The cause of this correlation has been hypothesized to result from both compensatory coevolution at physical interfaces and nonphysical forces such as shared changes in selective pressure. This study explores whether coevolution due to compensatory mutations has a measurable effect on the ERC signal. We examined the difference in ERC signal between physically interacting protein domains within complexes compared to domains of the same proteins that do not physically interact. We found no generalizable relationship between physical interaction and high ERC, although a few complexes ranked physical interactions higher than nonphysical interactions. Therefore, we conclude that coevolution due to physical interaction is weak, but present in the signal captured by ERC, and we hypothesize that the stronger signal instead comes from selective pressures on the protein as a whole and maintenance of the general function.
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- Jordan Little
- Department of Human Genetics, University of UtahSalt Lake CityUnited States
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- Department of Computational Biology, University of PittsburghPittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of UtahSalt Lake CityUnited States
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of PittsburghPittsburghUnited States
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Dreier MR, Walia J, de la Serna IL. Targeting SWI/SNF Complexes in Cancer: Pharmacological Approaches and Implications. EPIGENOMES 2024; 8:7. [PMID: 38390898 PMCID: PMC10885108 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes8010007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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SWI/SNF enzymes are heterogeneous multi-subunit complexes that utilize the energy from ATP hydrolysis to remodel chromatin structure, facilitating transcription, DNA replication, and repair. In mammalian cells, distinct sub-complexes, including cBAF, ncBAF, and PBAF exhibit varying subunit compositions and have different genomic functions. Alterations in the SWI/SNF complex and sub-complex functions are a prominent feature in cancer, making them attractive targets for therapeutic intervention. Current strategies in cancer therapeutics involve the use of pharmacological agents designed to bind and disrupt the activity of SWI/SNF complexes or specific sub-complexes. Inhibitors targeting the catalytic subunits, SMARCA4/2, and small molecules binding SWI/SNF bromodomains are the primary approaches for suppressing SWI/SNF function. Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) were generated by the covalent linkage of the bromodomain or ATPase-binding ligand to an E3 ligase-binding moiety. This engineered connection promotes the degradation of specific SWI/SNF subunits, enhancing and extending the impact of this pharmacological intervention in some cases. Extensive preclinical studies have underscored the therapeutic potential of these drugs across diverse cancer types. Encouragingly, some of these agents have progressed from preclinical research to clinical trials, indicating a promising stride toward the development of effective cancer therapeutics targeting SWI/SNF complex and sub-complex functions.
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- Megan R Dreier
- Department of Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, 3000 Arlington Ave, Toledo 43614, OH, USA
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- Department of Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, 3000 Arlington Ave, Toledo 43614, OH, USA
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- Department of Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, 3000 Arlington Ave, Toledo 43614, OH, USA
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- Kangjing Chen
- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China,School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China,School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China,Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China,School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China,School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China,Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing, Beijing, China,CONTACT Zhucheng Chen MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, P.R. China
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Reddy D, Bhattacharya S, Workman JL. (mis)-Targeting of SWI/SNF complex(es) in cancer. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2023; 42:455-470. [PMID: 37093326 PMCID: PMC10349013 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-023-10102-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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The ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex SWI/SNF (also called BAF) is critical for the regulation of gene expression. During the evolution from yeast to mammals, the BAF complex has evolved an enormous complexity that contains a high number of subunits encoded by various genes. Emerging studies highlight the frequent involvement of altered mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complexes in human cancers. Here, we discuss the recent advances in determining the structure of SWI/SNF complexes, highlight the mechanisms by which mutations affecting these complexes promote cancer, and describe the promising emerging opportunities for targeted therapies.
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- Divya Reddy
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA.
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Singh A, Modak SB, Chaturvedi MM, Purohit JS. SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodelers: Structural, Functional and Mechanistic Implications. Cell Biochem Biophys 2023:10.1007/s12013-023-01140-5. [PMID: 37119511 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-023-01140-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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The nuclear events of a eukaryotic cell, such as replication, transcription, recombination and repair etc. require the transition of the compactly arranged chromatin into an uncompacted state and vice-versa. This is mediated by post-translational modification of the histones, exchange of histone variants and ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling. The SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes are one of the most well characterized families of chromatin remodelers. In addition to their role in modulating chromatin, they have also been assigned roles in cancer and health-related anomalies such as developmental, neurocognitive, and intellectual disabilities. Owing to their vital cellular and medical connotations, developing an understanding of the structural and functional aspects of the complex becomes imperative. However, due to the intricate nature of higher-order chromatin as well as compositional heterogeneity of the SWI/SNF complex, intra-species isoforms and inter-species homologs, this often becomes challenging. To this end, the present review attempts to present an amalgamated perspective on the discovery, structure, function, and regulation of the SWI/SNF complex.
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- Abhilasha Singh
- Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India
- SGT University, Gurugram (Delhi-NCR), Haryana, 122505, India
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Wang L, Yu J, Yu Z, Wang Q, Li W, Ren Y, Chen Z, He S, Xu Y. Structure of nucleosome-bound human PBAF complex. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7644. [PMID: 36496390 PMCID: PMC9741621 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34859-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BAF and PBAF are mammalian SWI/SNF family chromatin remodeling complexes that possess multiple histone/DNA-binding subunits and create nucleosome-depleted/free regions for transcription activation. Despite previous structural studies and recent advance of SWI/SNF family complexes, it remains incompletely understood how PBAF-nucleosome complex is organized. Here we determined structure of 13-subunit human PBAF in complex with acetylated nucleosome in ADP-BeF3-bound state. Four PBAF-specific subunits work together with nine BAF/PBAF-shared subunits to generate PBAF-specific modular organization, distinct from that of BAF at various regions. PBAF-nucleosome structure reveals six histone-binding domains and four DNA-binding domains/modules, the majority of which directly bind histone/DNA. This multivalent nucleosome-binding pattern, not observed in previous studies, suggests that PBAF may integrate comprehensive chromatin information to target genomic loci for function. Our study reveals molecular organization of subunits and histone/DNA-binding domains/modules in PBAF-nucleosome complex and provides structural insights into PBAF-mediated nucleosome association complimentary to the recently reported PBAF-nucleosome structure.
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- Li Wang
- grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China ,grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China ,grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Human Phenome Institute, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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- grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China ,grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443The Fifth People’s Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China ,grid.11841.3d0000 0004 0619 8943The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China ,grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Human Phenome Institute, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China
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Kunert F, Metzner FJ, Jung J, Höpfler M, Woike S, Schall K, Kostrewa D, Moldt M, Chen JX, Bantele S, Pfander B, Eustermann S, Hopfner KP. Structural mechanism of extranucleosomal DNA readout by the INO80 complex. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eadd3189. [PMID: 36490333 PMCID: PMC9733932 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add3189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The nucleosomal landscape of chromatin depends on the concerted action of chromatin remodelers. The INO80 remodeler specifically places nucleosomes at the boundary of gene regulatory elements, which is proposed to be the result of an ATP-dependent nucleosome sliding activity that is regulated by extranucleosomal DNA features. Here, we use cryo-electron microscopy and functional assays to reveal how INO80 binds and is regulated by extranucleosomal DNA. Structures of the regulatory A-module bound to DNA clarify the mechanism of linker DNA binding. The A-module is connected to the motor unit via an HSA/post-HSA lever element to chemomechanically couple the motor and linker DNA sensing. Two notable sites of curved DNA recognition by coordinated action of the four actin/actin-related proteins and the motor suggest how sliding by INO80 can be regulated by extranucleosomal DNA features. Last, the structures clarify the recruitment of YY1/Ies4 subunits and reveal deep architectural similarities between the regulatory modules of INO80 and SWI/SNF complexes.
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- Franziska Kunert
- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- DNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz, Germany
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- DNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- DNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Corresponding author.
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Zukin SA, Marunde MR, Popova IK, Soczek KM, Nogales E, Patel AB. Structure and flexibility of the yeast NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex. eLife 2022; 11:e81400. [PMID: 36263929 PMCID: PMC9643008 DOI: 10.7554/elife.81400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The NuA4 protein complex acetylates histones H4 and H2A to activate both transcription and DNA repair. We report the 3.1-Å resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of the central hub of NuA4, which flexibly tethers the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and Trimer Independent of NuA4 involved in Transcription Interactions with Nucleosomes (TINTIN) modules. The hub contains the large Tra1 subunit and a core that includes Swc4, Arp4, Act1, Eaf1, and the C-terminal region of Epl1. Eaf1 stands out as the primary scaffolding factor that interacts with the Tra1, Swc4, and Epl1 subunits and contributes the conserved HSA helix to the Arp module. Using nucleosome-binding assays, we find that the HAT module, which is anchored to the core through Epl1, recognizes H3K4me3 nucleosomes with hyperacetylated H3 tails, while the TINTIN module, anchored to the core via Eaf1, recognizes nucleosomes that have hyperacetylated H2A and H4 tails. Together with the known interaction of Tra1 with site-specific transcription factors, our data suggest a model in which Tra1 recruits NuA4 to specific genomic sites then allowing the flexible HAT and TINTIN modules to select nearby nucleosomes for acetylation.
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- Stefan A Zukin
- College of Chemistry, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- EpiCypher, Inc, Research Triangle ParkDurhamUnited States
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biology, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeleyUnited States
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biology, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeleyUnited States
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biology, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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Structure of the NuA4 acetyltransferase complex bound to the nucleosome. Nature 2022; 610:569-574. [PMID: 36198799 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05303-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Deoxyribonucleic acid in eukaryotes wraps around the histone octamer to form nucleosomes1, the fundamental unit of chromatin. The N termini of histone H4 interact with nearby nucleosomes and play an important role in the formation of high-order chromatin structure and heterochromatin silencing2-4. NuA4 in yeast and its homologue Tip60 complex in mammalian cells are the key enzymes that catalyse H4 acetylation, which in turn regulates chromatin packaging and function in transcription activation and DNA repair5-10. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of NuA4 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae bound to the nucleosome. NuA4 comprises two major modules: the catalytic histone acetyltransferase (HAT) module and the transcription activator-binding (TRA) module. The nucleosome is mainly bound by the HAT module and is positioned close to a polybasic surface of the TRA module, which is important for the optimal activity of NuA4. The nucleosomal linker DNA carrying the upstream activation sequence is oriented towards the conserved, transcription activator-binding surface of the Tra1 subunit, which suggests a potential mechanism of NuA4 to act as a transcription co-activator. The HAT module recognizes the disk face of the nucleosome through the H2A-H2B acidic patch and nucleosomal DNA, projecting the catalytic pocket of Esa1 to the N-terminal tail of H4 and supporting its function in selective acetylation of H4. Together, our findings illustrate how NuA4 is assembled and provide mechanistic insights into nucleosome recognition and transcription co-activation by a HAT.
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Pathania AS, Prathipati P, Pandey MK, Byrareddy SN, Coulter DW, Gupta SC, Challagundla KB. The emerging role of non-coding RNAs in the epigenetic regulation of pediatric cancers. Semin Cancer Biol 2022; 83:227-241. [PMID: 33910063 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2021.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Epigenetics is a process that involves the regulation of gene expression without altering the sequence of DNA. Numerous studies have documented that epigenetic mechanisms play a critical role in cell growth, differentiation, and cancer over the past decade. The well-known epigenetic modifications are either on DNA or at the histone proteins. Although several studies have focused on regulating gene expression by non-coding RNAs, the current understanding of their biological functions in various human diseases, particularly in cancers, is inadequate. Only about two percent of DNA is involved in coding the protein-coding genes, and leaving the rest 98 percent is non-coding and the scientific community regarded as junk or noise with no known purpose. Most non-coding RNAs are derived from such junk DNA and are known to be involved in various signaling pathways involving cancer initiation, progression, and the development of therapy resistance in many human cancer types. Recent studies have suggested that non-coding RNAs, especially microRNAs, piwi-interactingRNAs, and long non-coding RNAs, play a significant role in controlling epigenetic mechanism(s), indicating the potential effect of epigenetic modulation of non-coding RNAs on cancer progression. In this review article, we briefly presented epigenetic marks' characteristics, crosstalk between epigenetic modifications and microRNAs, piwi-interactingRNAs, and long non-coding RNAs to uncover the effect on the phenotype of pediatric cancers. Further, current knowledge on understanding the RNA epigenetics will help design novel therapeutics that target epigenetic regulatory networks to benefit cancer patients in the clinic.
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- Anup S Pathania
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; The Children's Health Research Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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Dong C, Zhang R, Xu L, Liu B, Chu X. Assembly and interaction of core subunits of BAF complexes and crystal study of the SMARCC1/SMARCE1 binary complex. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 599:9-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Xu G, Guo H, Yan M, Jia Z, Li Z, Chen M, Bao X. An actin‐like protein
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Penicillium oxalicum. J Appl Microbiol 2022; 132:2894-2905. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.15466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Gen Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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Balachandra VK, Ghosh SK. Emerging roles of SWI/SNF remodelers in fungal pathogens. Curr Genet 2022; 68:195-206. [PMID: 35001152 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-021-01219-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Fungal pathogens constantly sense and respond to the environment they inhabit, and this interaction is vital for their survival inside hosts and exhibiting pathogenic traits. Since such responses often entail specific patterns of gene expression, regulators of chromatin structure contribute to the fitness and virulence of the pathogens by modulating DNA accessibility to the transcriptional machinery. Recent studies in several human and plant fungal pathogens have uncovered the SWI/SNF group of chromatin remodelers as an important determinant of pathogenic traits and provided insights into their mechanism of function. Here, we review these studies and highlight the differential functions of these remodeling complexes and their subunits in regulating fungal fitness and pathogenicity. As an extension of our previous study, we also show that loss of specific RSC subunits can predispose the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans cells to filamentous growth in a context-dependent manner. Finally, we consider the potential of targeting the fungal SWI/SNF remodeling complexes for antifungal interventions.
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- Vinutha K Balachandra
- IITB-Monash Research Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
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Arakawa T, Tokunaga M, Kita Y, Niikura T, Baker RW, Reimer JM, Leschziner AE. Structure Analysis of Proteins and Peptides by Difference Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy. Protein J 2021; 40:867-875. [PMID: 34709521 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-021-10024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Difference circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy was used here to characterize changes in structure of flexible peptides upon altering their environments. Environmental changes were introduced by binding to a large target structure, temperature shift (or concentration increase) or so-called membrane-mimicking solvents. The first case involved binding of a largely disordered peptide to its target structure associated with chromatin remodeling, leading to a transition into a highly helical structure. The second example was a short 8HD (His-Asp) repeat peptide that can bind metal ions. Both Zn and Ni at μM concentrations resulted in different type of changes in secondary structure, suggesting that these metal ions provide different environments for the peptide to assume unique secondary structures. The third case is related to a few short neuroprotective peptides that were largely disordered in aqueous solution. Increased temperature resulted in induction of significant, though small, β-sheet structures. Last example was the induction of non-helical structures for short neuroprotective peptides by membrane-mimicking solvents, including trifluoroethanol, dodecylphosphocholine and sodium dodecylsulfate. While these agents are known to induce α-helix, none of the neuropeptides underwent transition to a typical helical structure. However, trifluoroethanol did induce α-helix for the first peptide involved in chromatin remodeling described above in the first example.
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- Tsutomu Arakawa
- Alliance Protein Laboratories, 13380 Pantera Road, San Diego, CA, 92130, USA.
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- Applied and Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan
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- Alliance Protein Laboratories, 13380 Pantera Road, San Diego, CA, 92130, USA
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- Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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Corda Y, Maestroni L, Luciano P, Najem MY, Géli V. Genome stability is guarded by yeast Rtt105 through multiple mechanisms. Genetics 2021; 217:6126811. [PMID: 33724421 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyaa035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Ty1 mobile DNA element is the most abundant and mutagenic retrotransposon present in the genome of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Protein regulator of Ty1 transposition 105 (Rtt105) associates with large subunit of RPA and facilitates its loading onto a single-stranded DNA at replication forks. Here, we dissect the role of RTT105 in the maintenance of genome stability under normal conditions and upon various replication stresses through multiple genetic analyses. RTT105 is essential for viability in cells experiencing replication problems and in cells lacking functional S-phase checkpoints and DNA repair pathways involving homologous recombination. Our genetic analyses also indicate that RTT105 is crucial when cohesion is affected and is required for the establishment of normal heterochromatic structures. Moreover, RTT105 plays a role in telomere maintenance as its function is important for the telomere elongation phenotype resulting from the Est1 tethering to telomeres. Genetic analyses indicate that rtt105Δ affects the growth of several rfa1 mutants but does not aggravate their telomere length defects. Analysis of the phenotypes of rtt105Δ cells expressing NLS-Rfa1 fusion protein reveals that RTT105 safeguards genome stability through its role in RPA nuclear import but also by directly affecting RPA function in genome stability maintenance during replication.
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- Yves Corda
- CNRS UMR7258, INSERM U1068, Aix-Marseille Université UM105, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR7258, INSERM U1068, Aix-Marseille Université UM105, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR7258, INSERM U1068, Aix-Marseille Université UM105, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR7258, INSERM U1068, Aix-Marseille Université UM105, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR7258, INSERM U1068, Aix-Marseille Université UM105, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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Structure and Function of Chromatin Remodelers. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:166929. [PMID: 33711345 PMCID: PMC8184634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chromatin remodelers act to regulate multiple cellular processes, such as transcription and DNA repair, by controlling access to genomic DNA. Four families of chromatin remodelers have been identified in yeast, each with non-redundant roles within the cell. There has been a recent surge in structural models of chromatin remodelers in complex with their nucleosomal substrate. These structural studies provide new insight into the mechanism of action for individual chromatin remodelers. In this review, we summarize available data for the structure and mechanism of action of the four chromatin remodeling complex families.
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Morrison O, Thakur J. Molecular Complexes at Euchromatin, Heterochromatin and Centromeric Chromatin. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6922. [PMID: 34203193 PMCID: PMC8268097 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Chromatin consists of a complex of DNA and histone proteins as its core components and plays an important role in both packaging DNA and regulating DNA metabolic pathways such as DNA replication, transcription, recombination, and chromosome segregation. Proper functioning of chromatin further involves a network of interactions among molecular complexes that modify chromatin structure and organization to affect the accessibility of DNA to transcription factors leading to the activation or repression of the transcription of target DNA loci. Based on its structure and compaction state, chromatin is categorized into euchromatin, heterochromatin, and centromeric chromatin. In this review, we discuss distinct chromatin factors and molecular complexes that constitute euchromatin-open chromatin structure associated with active transcription; heterochromatin-less accessible chromatin associated with silencing; centromeric chromatin-the site of spindle binding in chromosome segregation.
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Rd #2006, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA;
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Chen X, Yin X, Li J, Wu Z, Qi Y, Wang X, Liu W, Xu Y. Structures of the human Mediator and Mediator-bound preinitiation complex. Science 2021; 372:science.abg0635. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abg0635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The 1.3-megadalton transcription factor IID (TFIID) is required for preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly and RNA polymerase II (Pol II)–mediated transcription initiation on almost all genes. The 26-subunit Mediator stimulates transcription and cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7)–mediated phosphorylation of the Pol II C-terminal domain (CTD). We determined the structures of human Mediator in the Tail module–extended (at near-atomic resolution) and Tail-bent conformations and structures of TFIID-based PIC-Mediator (76 polypeptides, ~4.1 megadaltons) in four distinct conformations. PIC-Mediator assembly induces concerted reorganization (Head-tilting and Middle-down) of Mediator and creates a Head-Middle sandwich, which stabilizes two CTD segments and brings CTD to CDK7 for phosphorylation; this suggests a CTD-gating mechanism favorable for phosphorylation. The TFIID-based PIC architecture modulates Mediator organization and TFIIH stabilization, underscoring the importance of TFIID in orchestrating PIC-Mediator assembly.
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- Xizi Chen
- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- Human Phenome Institute, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Baker RW, Reimer JM, Carman PJ, Turegun B, Arakawa T, Dominguez R, Leschziner AE. Structural insights into assembly and function of the RSC chromatin remodeling complex. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2020; 28:71-80. [PMID: 33288924 PMCID: PMC7855068 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-00528-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
SWI/SNF chromatin remodelers modify the position and spacing of nucleosomes and, in humans, are linked to cancer. To provide insights into the assembly and regulation of this protein family, we focused on a subcomplex of S. cerevisiae RSC comprising its ATPase (Sth1), the essential actin-related proteins (ARPs) Arp7 and Arp9, and the ARP-binding protein Rtt102. Cryo-EM and biochemical analysis of this subcomplex shows that ARP binding induces a helical conformation in the HSA domain of Sth1. Surprisingly, the ARP module is rotated 120° relative to full RSC, about a pivot point previously identified as a regulatory hub in Sth1, suggesting that large conformational changes are part of Sth1 regulation and RSC assembly. We also show that a conserved interaction between Sth1 and the nucleosome acidic patch enhances remodeling. As some cancer-associated mutations dysregulate rather than inactivate SWI/SNF remodelers, our insights into RSC complex regulation advance a mechanistic understanding of chromatin remodeling in disease states.
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- Richard W Baker
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Graduate Group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Foghorn Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Alliance Protein Laboratories, a Division of KBI BioPharma, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. .,Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Clapier CR, Verma N, Parnell TJ, Cairns BR. Cancer-Associated Gain-of-Function Mutations Activate a SWI/SNF-Family Regulatory Hub. Mol Cell 2020; 80:712-725.e5. [PMID: 33058778 PMCID: PMC7853424 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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SWI/SNF-family remodelers (BAF/PBAF in mammals) are essential chromatin regulators, and mutations in human BAF/PBAF components are associated with ∼20% of cancers. Cancer-associated missense mutations in human BRG1 (encoding the catalytic ATPase) have been characterized previously as conferring loss-of-function. Here, we show that cancer-associated missense mutations in BRG1, when placed into the orthologous Sth1 ATPase of the yeast RSC remodeler, separate into two categories: loss-of-function enzymes, or instead, gain-of-function enzymes that greatly improve DNA translocation efficiency and nucleosome remodeling in vitro. Our work identifies a structural "hub," formed by the association of several Sth1 domains, that regulates ATPase activity and DNA translocation efficiency. Remarkably, all gain-of-function cancer-associated mutations and all loss-of-function mutations physically localize to distinct adjacent regions in the hub, which specifically regulate and implement DNA translocation, respectively. In vivo, only gain-of-function cancer-associated mutations conferred precocious chromatin accessibility. Taken together, we provide a structure-function mechanistic basis for cancer-associated hyperactivity.
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- Cedric R Clapier
- Department of Oncological Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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- Department of Oncological Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Oncological Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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Cappuccio G, Sayou C, Tanno PL, Tisserant E, Bruel AL, Kennani SE, Sá J, Low KJ, Dias C, Havlovicová M, Hančárová M, Eichler EE, Devillard F, Moutton S, Van-Gils J, Dubourg C, Odent S, Gerard B, Piton A, Yamamoto T, Okamoto N, Firth H, Metcalfe K, Moh A, Chapman KA, Aref-Eshghi E, Kerkhof J, Torella A, Nigro V, Perrin L, Piard J, Le Guyader G, Jouan T, Thauvin-Robinet C, Duffourd Y, George-Abraham JK, Buchanan CA, Williams D, Kini U, Wilson K, Sousa SB, Hennekam RCM, Sadikovic B, Thevenon J, Govin J, Vitobello A, Brunetti-Pierri N. De novo SMARCA2 variants clustered outside the helicase domain cause a new recognizable syndrome with intellectual disability and blepharophimosis distinct from Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome. Genet Med 2020; 22:1838-1850. [PMID: 32694869 DOI: 10.1038/s41436-020-0898-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Nontruncating variants in SMARCA2, encoding a catalytic subunit of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, cause Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome (NCBRS), a condition with intellectual disability and multiple congenital anomalies. Other disorders due to SMARCA2 are unknown. METHODS By next-generation sequencing, we identified candidate variants in SMARCA2 in 20 individuals from 18 families with a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder not consistent with NCBRS. To stratify variant interpretation, we functionally analyzed SMARCA2 variants in yeasts and performed transcriptomic and genome methylation analyses on blood leukocytes. RESULTS Of 20 individuals, 14 showed a recognizable phenotype with recurrent features including epicanthal folds, blepharophimosis, and downturned nasal tip along with variable degree of intellectual disability (or blepharophimosis intellectual disability syndrome [BIS]). In contrast to most NCBRS variants, all SMARCA2 variants associated with BIS are localized outside the helicase domains. Yeast phenotype assays differentiated NCBRS from non-NCBRS SMARCA2 variants. Transcriptomic and DNA methylation signatures differentiated NCBRS from BIS and those with nonspecific phenotype. In the remaining six individuals with nonspecific dysmorphic features, clinical and molecular data did not permit variant reclassification. CONCLUSION We identified a novel recognizable syndrome named BIS associated with clustered de novo SMARCA2 variants outside the helicase domains, phenotypically and molecularly distinct from NCBRS.
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- Gerarda Cappuccio
- Department of Translational Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Inserm U1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Genetics and Reproduction, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Inserm UMR 1231 GAD, Genetics of Developmental disorders, Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté, FHU TRANSLAD, Dijon, France
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- Inserm UMR 1231 GAD, Genetics of Developmental disorders, Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté, FHU TRANSLAD, Dijon, France
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- Inserm U1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College, London, UK
- The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
- Clinical Genetics, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, Charles University Prague 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, Charles University Prague 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Reproduction, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- CPDPN, Pôle mère enfant, Maison de Santé Protestante Bordeaux Bagatelle, Talence, France
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- Reference Center for Developmental Anomalies, Department of Medical Genetics, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France
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- Service de Génétique Moléculaire et Génomique, BMT-HC « Jean Dausset », Rennes, France
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- Service de Génétique clinique, CHU de Rennes, Univ. Rennes, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR) UMR 6290, Rennes, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
- Tokyo Women's Medical University Institute of Integrated Medical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Canada
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Robert Debré Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Centre de génétique humaine, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France
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- Inserm UMR 1231 GAD, Genetics of Developmental disorders, Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté, FHU TRANSLAD, Dijon, France
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- Inserm UMR 1231 GAD, Genetics of Developmental disorders, Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté, FHU TRANSLAD, Dijon, France
- Centre de Référence Déficiences Intellectuelles de Causes Rares, CHU Dijon, Dijon, France
- UF Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares, CHU Dijon, Dijon, France
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- Inserm UMR 1231 GAD, Genetics of Developmental disorders, Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté, FHU TRANSLAD, Dijon, France
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- Dell Children's Medical Group, Austin, TX, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, USA
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- Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- University Clinic of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Pediatrics and Translational Genetics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Canada
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- Department of Genetics and Reproduction, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Inserm U1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France.
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- Inserm UMR 1231 GAD, Genetics of Developmental disorders, Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté, FHU TRANSLAD, Dijon, France.
- UF Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares, CHU Dijon, Dijon, France.
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy.
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Mallik R, Prasad P, Kundu A, Sachdev S, Biswas R, Dutta A, Roy A, Mukhopadhyay J, Bag SK, Chaudhuri S. Identification of genome-wide targets and DNA recognition sequence of the Arabidopsis HMG-box protein AtHMGB15 during cold stress response. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1863:194644. [PMID: 33068782 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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AtHMGB15 belongs to a group of ARID-HMG proteins which are plant specific. The presence of two known DNA binding domains: AT rich interacting domain (ARID) and High Mobility Group (HMG)-box, in one polypeptide, makes this protein intriguing. Although proteins containing individual HMG and ARID domains have been characterized, not much is known about the role of ARID-HMG proteins. Promoter analysis of AtHMGB15 showed the presence of various stress responsive cis regulatory elements along with MADS-box containing transcription factors. Our result shows that the expression of AtHMGB15 increased significantly upon application of cold stress. Using ChIP-chip approach, we have identified 6128 and 4689 significantly enriched loci having AtHMGB15 occupancy under control and cold stressed condition respectively. GO analysis shows genes belonging to abiotic stress response, cold response and root development were AtHMGB15 targets during cold stress. DNA binding and footprinting assays further identified A(A/C)--ATA---(A/T)(A/T) as AtHMGB15 binding motif. The enriched probe distribution in both control and cold condition shows a bias of AtHMGB15 binding towards the transcribed (gene body) region. Further, the expression of cold stress responsive genes decreased in athmgb15 knockout plants compared to wild-type. Taken together, binding enrichment of AtHMGB15 to the promoter and upstream to stress loci suggest an unexplored role of the protein in stress induced transcription regulation.
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- Rwitie Mallik
- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-NBRI Campus, Lucknow, India; Computational Biology Lab, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-NBRI Campus, Lucknow, India; Computational Biology Lab, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700054, India.
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The mechanisms of action of chromatin remodelers and implications in development and disease. Biochem Pharmacol 2020; 180:114200. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The Trithorax group (TrxG) of proteins is a large family of epigenetic regulators that form multiprotein complexes to counteract repressive developmental gene expression programmes established by the Polycomb group of proteins and to promote and maintain an active state of gene expression. Recent studies are providing new insights into how two crucial families of the TrxG - the COMPASS family of histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferases and the SWI/SNF family of chromatin remodelling complexes - regulate gene expression and developmental programmes, and how misregulation of their activities through genetic abnormalities leads to pathologies such as developmental disorders and malignancies.
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ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling enzymes are molecular machines that act to reconfigure the structure of nucleosomes. Until recently, little was known about the structure of these enzymes. Recent progress has revealed that their interaction with chromatin is dominated by ATPase domains that contact DNA at favoured locations on the nucleosome surface. Contacts with histones are limited but play important roles in modulating activity. The ATPase domains do not act in isolation but are flanked by diverse accessory domains and subunits. New structures indicate how these subunits are arranged in multi-subunit complexes providing a framework from which to understand how a common motor is applied to distinct functions.
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- Ramasubramian Sundaramoorthy
- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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Jungblut A, Hopfner KP, Eustermann S. Megadalton chromatin remodelers: common principles for versatile functions. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2020; 64:134-144. [PMID: 32771531 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2020.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers are enigmatic macromolecular machines that govern the arrangement and composition of nucleosomes across eukaryotic genomes. Here, we review the recent breakthrough provided by cryo-electron microscopy that reveal the first high-resolution insights into all four families of remodelers. We highlight the emerging structural and mechanistic principles with a particular focus on multi-subunit SWI/SNF and INO80/SWR1 complexes. A conserved architecture comprising a motor, rotor, stator and grip suggests a unifying mechanism for how stepwise DNA translocation enables large scale reconfigurations of nucleosomes. A molecular circuitry involving the nuclear actin containing module establishes a framework for understanding allosteric regulation. Remodelers emerge as programable hubs that enable differential processing of genetic and epigenetic information in response to the physiological state of a cell.
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- Anna Jungblut
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany; Candidate for joint PhD degree from EMBL and Heidelberg University, Faculty of Biosciences, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Zhou H, Chen G, Dong C, Zhao X, Shen Z, Chen F, Liu B, Long J. Snf5 and Swi3 subcomplex formation is required for SWI/SNF complex function in yeast. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 526:934-940. [PMID: 32284172 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.03.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, which alters nucleosome positions by either evicting histones or sliding nucleosomes on DNA, is highly conserved from yeast to humans, and 20% of all human cancers have mutations in various subunits of the SWI/SNF complex. Here, we reported the crystal structure of the yeast Snf5-Swi3 subcomplex at a resolution of 2.65 Å. Our results showed that the Snf5-Swi3 subcomplex assembles into a heterotrimer with one Snf5 molecule bound to two distinct Swi3 molecules. In addition, we demonstrated that Snf5-Swi3 subcomplex formation is required for SWI/SNF function in yeast. These findings shed light on the important role of the Snf5-Swi3 subcomplex in the assembly and functional integrity of the SWI/SNF complex.
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- Hao Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China.
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Willhoft O, Wigley DB. INO80 and SWR1 complexes: the non-identical twins of chromatin remodelling. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2020; 61:50-58. [PMID: 31838293 PMCID: PMC7171469 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2019.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 09/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The INO80 family of chromatin remodellers are multisubunit complexes that perform a variety of tasks on nucleosomes. Family members are built around a heterohexamer of RuvB-like protein, an ATP-dependent DNA translocase,nuclear actin and actin-related proteins, and a few complex-specific subunits. They modify chromatin in a number of ways including nucleosome sliding and exchange of variant histones. Recent structural information on INO80 and SWR1 complexes has revealed similarities in the basic architecture of the complexes. However, structural and biochemical data on the complexes bound to nucleosomes reveal these similarities to be somewhat superficial and their biochemical activities and mechanisms are very different. Consequently, the INO80 family displays a surprising diversity of function that is based upon a similar structural framework.
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- Oliver Willhoft
- Section of Structural and Synthetic Biology, Dept. Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Structural and Synthetic Biology, Dept. Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Jain S, Maini J, Narang A, Maiti S, Brahmachari V. The regulatory function of dIno80 correlates with its DNA binding activity. Gene 2020; 732:144368. [PMID: 31954859 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The INO80 complex, including the Ino80 protein, forms a highly conserved canonical complex that remodels chromatin in the context of multiple cellular functions. The Drosophila homologue, dIno80, is involved in homeotic gene regulation during development as a canonical Pho-dIno80 complex. Previously, we found that dIno80 regulates homeotic genes by interacting with epigenetic regulators, such as polycomb and trithorax, suggesting the occurrence of non-canonical Ino80 complexes. Here using spectroscopic methods and gel retardation assays, we identified a set of consensus DNA sequences that DNA binding domain of dIno80 (DBINO) interacts with having differential affinity and high specificity. Testing these sequences in reporter assays, showed that this interaction can positively regulate transcription. These results suggest that, dIno80 has a sequence preference for interaction with DNA leading to transcriptional changes.
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- Shruti Jain
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
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- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
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Structure of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeller RSC bound to a nucleosome. Nature 2020; 579:448-451. [PMID: 32188943 PMCID: PMC7093204 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2088-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chromatin remodelling complexes of the SWI/SNF family function in the formation of nucleosome-depleted, transcriptionally active promoter regions (NDRs)1,2. The essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae SWI/SNF complex RSC3 contains 16 subunits, including the ATP-dependent DNA translocase Sth14,5. RSC removes nucleosomes from promoter regions6,7 and positions the specialized +1 and –1 nucleosomes that flank NDRs8,9. Here, we present the cryo-EM structure of RSC in complex with a nucleosome substrate. The structure reveals that RSC forms five protein modules and suggests key features of the remodelling mechanism. The body module serves as a scaffold for the four flexible modules that we call DNA-interacting, ATPase, arm and ARP modules. The DNA-interacting module binds extra-nucleosomal DNA and is involved in the recognition of promoter DNA elements8,10,11 that influence RSC functionality12. The ATPase and arm modules sandwich the nucleosome disc with their ‘SnAC’ and ‘finger’ elements, respectively. The translocase motor of the ATPase module engages with the edge of the nucleosome at superhelical location +2. The mobile ARP module may modulate translocase-nucleosome interactions to regulate RSC activity5. The RSC-nucleosome structure provides a basis for understanding NDR formation and the structure and function of human SWI/SNF complexes that are frequently mutated in cancer13.
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Han Y, Reyes AA, Malik S, He Y. Cryo-EM structure of SWI/SNF complex bound to a nucleosome. Nature 2020; 579:452-455. [PMID: 32188938 PMCID: PMC7319049 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2087-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The chromatin-remodelling complex SWI/SNF is highly conserved and has critical roles in various cellular processes, including transcription and DNA-damage repair1,2. It hydrolyses ATP to remodel chromatin structure by sliding and evicting histone octamers3-8, creating DNA regions that become accessible to other essential factors. However, our mechanistic understanding of the remodelling activity is hindered by the lack of a high-resolution structure of complexes from this family. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae SWI/SNF bound to a nucleosome, at near-atomic resolution. In the structure, the actin-related protein (Arp) module is sandwiched between the ATPase and the rest of the complex, with the Snf2 helicase-SANT associated (HSA) domain connecting all modules. The body contains an assembly scaffold composed of conserved subunits Snf12 (also known as SMARCD or BAF60), Snf5 (also known as SMARCB1, BAF47 or INI1) and an asymmetric dimer of Swi3 (also known as SMARCC, BAF155 or BAF170). Another conserved subunit, Swi1 (also known as ARID1 or BAF250), resides in the core of SWI/SNF, acting as a molecular hub. We also observed interactions between Snf5 and the histones at the acidic patch, which could serve as an anchor during active DNA translocation. Our structure enables us to map and rationalize a subset of cancer-related mutations in the human SWI/SNF complex and to propose a model for how SWI/SNF recognizes and remodels the +1 nucleosome to generate nucleosome-depleted regions during gene activation9.
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- Yan Han
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA,Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. .,Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. .,Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. .,Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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He S, Wu Z, Tian Y, Yu Z, Yu J, Wang X, Li J, Liu B, Xu Y. Structure of nucleosome-bound human BAF complex. Science 2020; 367:875-881. [PMID: 32001526 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz9761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mammalian SWI/SNF family chromatin remodelers, BRG1/BRM-associated factor (BAF) and polybromo-associated BAF (PBAF), regulate chromatin structure and transcription, and their mutations are linked to cancers. The 3.7-angstrom-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of human BAF bound to the nucleosome reveals that the nucleosome is sandwiched by the base and the adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) modules, which are bridged by the actin-related protein (ARP) module. The ATPase motor is positioned proximal to nucleosomal DNA and, upon ATP hydrolysis, engages with and pumps DNA along the nucleosome. The C-terminal α helix of SMARCB1, enriched in positively charged residues frequently mutated in cancers, mediates interactions with an acidic patch of the nucleosome. AT-rich interactive domain-containing protein 1A (ARID1A) and the SWI/SNF complex subunit SMARCC serve as a structural core and scaffold in the base module organization, respectively. Our study provides structural insights into subunit organization and nucleosome recognition of human BAF complex.
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- Shuang He
- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. .,The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, Department of Systems Biology for Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,Human Phenome Institute, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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Patel AB, Moore CM, Greber BJ, Luo J, Zukin SA, Ranish J, Nogales E. Architecture of the chromatin remodeler RSC and insights into its nucleosome engagement. eLife 2019; 8:e54449. [PMID: 31886770 PMCID: PMC6959994 DOI: 10.7554/elife.54449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic DNA is packaged into nucleosome arrays, which are repositioned by chromatin remodeling complexes to control DNA accessibility. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae RSC (Remodeling the Structure of Chromatin) complex, a member of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler family, plays critical roles in genome maintenance, transcription, and DNA repair. Here, we report cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and crosslinking mass spectrometry (CLMS) studies of yeast RSC complex and show that RSC is composed of a rigid tripartite core and two flexible lobes. The core structure is scaffolded by an asymmetric Rsc8 dimer and built with the evolutionarily conserved subunits Sfh1, Rsc6, Rsc9 and Sth1. The flexible ATPase lobe, composed of helicase subunit Sth1, Arp7, Arp9 and Rtt102, is anchored to this core by the N-terminus of Sth1. Our cryo-EM analysis of RSC bound to a nucleosome core particle shows that in addition to the expected nucleosome-Sth1 interactions, RSC engages histones and nucleosomal DNA through one arm of the core structure, composed of the Rsc8 SWIRM domains, Sfh1 and Npl6. Our findings provide structural insights into the conserved assembly process for all members of the SWI/SNF family of remodelers, and illustrate how RSC selects, engages, and remodels nucleosomes.
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- Avinash B Patel
- Biophysics Graduate GroupUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging DivisionLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyUnited States
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- Molecular and Cell Biology DepartmentUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging DivisionLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyUnited States
- California Institute for Quantitative Biology (QB3)University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- The Institute for Systems BiologySeattleUnited States
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- Chemistry DepartmentUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- The Institute for Systems BiologySeattleUnited States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging DivisionLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyUnited States
- Molecular and Cell Biology DepartmentUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- California Institute for Quantitative Biology (QB3)University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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Ye Y, Wu H, Chen K, Clapier CR, Verma N, Zhang W, Deng H, Cairns BR, Gao N, Chen Z. Structure of the RSC complex bound to the nucleosome. Science 2019; 366:838-843. [PMID: 31672915 DOI: 10.1126/science.aay0033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The RSC complex remodels chromatin structure and regulates gene transcription. We used cryo-electron microscopy to determine the structure of yeast RSC bound to the nucleosome. RSC is delineated into the adenosine triphosphatase motor, the actin-related protein module, and the substrate recruitment module (SRM). RSC binds the nucleosome mainly through the motor, with the auxiliary subunit Sfh1 engaging the H2A-H2B acidic patch to enable nucleosome ejection. SRM is organized into three substrate-binding lobes poised to bind their respective nucleosomal epitopes. The relative orientations of the SRM and the motor on the nucleosome explain the directionality of DNA translocation and promoter nucleosome repositioning by RSC. Our findings shed light on RSC assembly and functionality, and they provide a framework to understand the mammalian homologs BAF/PBAF and the Sfh1 ortholog INI1/BAF47, which are frequently mutated in cancers.
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- Youpi Ye
- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China.,School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China.,Peking University-Tsinghua University-National Institute of Biological Sciences Joint Graduate Program, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China.,School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking-Tsinghua Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China. .,School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China.,Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing 100084, China
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Ho PJ, Lloyd SM, Bao X. Unwinding chromatin at the right places: how BAF is targeted to specific genomic locations during development. Development 2019; 146:146/19/dev178780. [PMID: 31570369 DOI: 10.1242/dev.178780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The BAF (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complex plays a crucial role in modulating spatiotemporal gene expression during mammalian development. Although its remodeling activity was characterized in vitro decades ago, the complex actions of BAF in vivo have only recently begun to be unraveled. In living cells, BAF only binds to and remodels a subset of genomic locations. This selectivity of BAF genomic targeting is crucial for cell-type specification and for mediating precise responses to environmental signals. Here, we provide an overview of the distinct molecular mechanisms modulating BAF chromatin binding, including its combinatory assemblies, DNA/histone modification-binding modules and post-translational modifications, as well as its interactions with proteins, RNA and lipids. This Review aims to serve as a primer for future studies to decode the actions of BAF in developmental processes.
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- Patric J Ho
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA .,Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.,Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Ye F, Huang J, Wang H, Luo C, Zhao K. Targeting epigenetic machinery: Emerging novel allosteric inhibitors. Pharmacol Ther 2019; 204:107406. [PMID: 31521697 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2019.107406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Epigenetics has emerged as an extremely exciting fast-growing area of biomedical research in post genome era. Epigenetic dysfunction is tightly related with various diseases such as cancer and aging related degeneration, potentiating epigenetics modulators as important therapeutics targets. Indeed, inhibitors of histone deacetylase and DNA methyltransferase have been approved for treating blood tumor malignancies, whereas inhibitors of histone methyltransferase and histone acetyl-lysine recognizer bromodomain are in clinical stage. However, it remains a great challenge to discover potent and selective inhibitors by targeting catalytic site, as the same subfamily of epigenetic enzymes often share high sequence identity and very conserved catalytic core pocket. It is well known that epigenetic modifications are usually carried out by multi-protein complexes, and activation of catalytic subunit is often tightly regulated by other interactive protein component, especially in disease conditions. Therefore, it is not unusual that epigenetic complex machinery may exhibit allosteric regulation site induced by protein-protein interactions. Targeting allosteric site emerges as a compelling alternative strategy to develop epigenetic drugs with enhanced druggability and pharmacological profiles. In this review, we highlight recent progress in the development of allosteric inhibitors for epigenetic complexes through targeting protein-protein interactions. We also summarized the status of clinical applications of those inhibitors. Finally, we provide perspectives of future novel allosteric epigenetic machinery modulators emerging from otherwise undruggable single protein target.
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- Fei Ye
- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation (Yantai University), Ministry of Education, China; College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018; Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China; Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation (Yantai University), Ministry of Education, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China.
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China; Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China; Department of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, South Dong Qing Road, Guizhou 550025, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation (Yantai University), Ministry of Education, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China.
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Jayaprakash S, Drakulic S, Zhao Z, Sander B, Golas MM. The ATPase BRG1/SMARCA4 is a protein interaction platform that recruits BAF subunits and the transcriptional repressor REST/NRSF in neural progenitor cells. Mol Cell Biochem 2019; 461:171-182. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-019-03600-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zhang Z, Wang X, Xin J, Ding Z, Liu S, Fang Q, Yang N, Xu RM, Cai G. Architecture of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex. Protein Cell 2019; 9:1045-1049. [PMID: 29546678 PMCID: PMC6251806 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-018-0524-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- Zhihui Zhang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China. .,CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230026, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China. .,CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230026, China.
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Nucleosome remodelling: structural insights into ATP-dependent remodelling enzymes. Essays Biochem 2019; 63:45-58. [PMID: 30967479 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20180059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling enzymes play a fundamental role in determining how nucleosomes are organised, and render DNA sequences accessible to interacting proteins, thereby enabling precise regulation of eukaryotic genes. Remodelers conserved from yeast to humans are classified into four families based on the domains and motifs present in their ATPase subunits. Insights into overall assembly and the mode of interaction to the nucleosome by these different families of remodelers remained limited due to the complexity of obtaining structural information on these challenging samples. Electron microscopy and single-particle methods have made advancement and uncovered vital structural information on the number of remodelling complexes. In this article, we highlight some of the recent structural work that advanced our understanding on the mechanisms and biological functions of these ATP-dependent remodelling machines.
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Pillidge Z, Bray SJ. SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling controls Notch-responsive enhancer accessibility. EMBO Rep 2019; 20:embr.201846944. [PMID: 30914409 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201846944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Notch signaling plays a key role in many cell fate decisions during development by directing different gene expression programs via the transcription factor CSL, known as Su(H) in Drosophila Which target genes are responsive to Notch signaling is influenced by the chromatin state of enhancers, yet how this is regulated is not fully known. Detecting a specific increase in the histone variant H3.3 in response to Notch signaling, we tested which chromatin remodelers or histone chaperones are required for the changes in enhancer accessibility to Su(H) binding. We show a crucial role for the Brahma SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, including the actin-related BAP55 subunit, in conferring enhancer accessibility and enabling the transcriptional response to Notch activity. The Notch-responsive regions have high levels of nucleosome turnover which depend on the Brahma complex, increase in magnitude with Notch signaling, and primarily involve histone H3.3. Together these results highlight the importance of SWI/SNF-mediated nucleosome turnover in rendering enhancers responsive to Notch.
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- Zoe Pillidge
- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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RNA Sequencing Reveals Specific TranscriptomicSignatures Distinguishing Effects of the [ SWI⁺] Prion and SWI1 Deletion in Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10030212. [PMID: 30871095 PMCID: PMC6471900 DOI: 10.3390/genes10030212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Prions are infectious, self-perpetuating protein conformers. In mammals, pathological aggregation of the prion protein causes incurable neurodegenerative disorders, while in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, prion formation may be neutral or even beneficial. According to the prevailing contemporary point of view, prion formation is considered to be a functional inactivation of the corresponding protein whose conformational state shifts from the functional monomeric one to the infectious aggregated one. The Swi1 protein forms the [SWI+] prion and belongs to the nucleosome remodeler complex SWI/SNF controlling the expression of a significant part of the yeast genome. In this work, we performed RNA sequencing of isogenic S. cerevisiae strains grown on the media containing galactose as the sole carbon source. These strains bore the [SWI+] prion or had its structural gene SWI1 deleted. The comparative analysis showed that [SWI+] affects genome expression significantly weaker as compared to the SWI1 deletion. Moreover, in contrast to [SWI+], the SWI1 deletion causes the general inhibition of translation-related genes expression and chromosome I disomy. At the same time, the [SWI+] prion exhibits a specific pattern of modulation of the metabolic pathways and some biological processes and functions, as well as the expression of several genes. Thus, the [SWI+] prion only partially corresponds to the loss-of-function of SWI1 and demonstrates several gain-of-function traits.
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Regulation of ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers: accelerators/brakes, anchors and sensors. Biochem Soc Trans 2018; 46:1423-1430. [PMID: 30467122 DOI: 10.1042/bst20180043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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All ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers have a DNA translocase domain that moves along double-stranded DNA when hydrolyzing ATP, which is the key action leading to DNA moving through nucleosomes. Recent structural and biochemical data from a variety of different chromatin remodelers have revealed that there are three basic ways in which these remodelers self-regulate their chromatin remodeling activity. In several instances, different domains within the catalytic subunit or accessory subunits through direct protein-protein interactions can modulate the ATPase and DNA translocation properties of the DNA translocase domain. These domains or subunits can stabilize conformations that either promote or interfere with the ability of the translocase domain to bind or retain DNA during translocation or alter the ability of the enzyme to hydrolyze ATP. Second, other domains or subunits are often necessary to anchor the remodeler to nucleosomes to couple DNA translocation and ATP hydrolysis to DNA movement around the histone octamer. These anchors provide a fixed point by which remodelers can generate sufficient torque to disrupt histone-DNA interactions and mobilize nucleosomes. The third type of self-regulation is in those chromatin remodelers that space nucleosomes or stop moving nucleosomes when a particular length of linker DNA has been reached. We refer to this third class as DNA sensors that can allosterically regulate nucleosome mobilization. In this review, we will show examples of these from primarily the INO80/SWR1, SWI/SNF and ISWI/CHD families of remodelers.
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S AS, Goutham R N A, Mohan S S. In silico screening of cancer-associated mutations in the HSA domain of BRG1 and its role in affecting the Arp-HSA sub-complex of SWI/SNF. Comput Biol Chem 2018; 77:109-115. [PMID: 30286321 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2018] [Revised: 06/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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SWI/SNF (SWItch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable) complexes regulate the gene expression programs by remodeling the nucleosome architecture of the chromatin functional elements. These large multi-component complexes comprise eight or more subunits and are conserved from yeast to human. Noticeably, nuclear actin and actin-related proteins (Arps) are an integral part of these complexes and are known to directly interact with the helicase-SANT-associated (HSA) domain of ATPase subunit. Recently, SWI/SNF subunits are gaining importance because of the prevalence of cancer-causing mutations associated with them. The functional characterization of the mutations in the SWI/SNF subunits is important for understanding their role in tumorigenesis and identifying potential therapeutic strategies. To study the actin-related complex of human SWI/SNF and the cancer-associated mutations interfering Arp assembly with the ATPase subunit, we modelled the structure of the β-actin-BAF53A-HSA complex based on the yeast Arp-HSA complex (PDB ID: 4I6M). Seven deleterious mutations in the HSA domain of BRG1 were identified based on the functional screening of cancer-associated mutations in the COSMIC database. Detailed structural analysis of the six mutations (R466H, R469W, Y489C, K502N, R513Q and R521P) based on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations reveal the distinct effect of each mutation in destabilizing the structure of the Arp-HSA complex. Predominantly we could notice the long-range effect of the HSA mutations in influencing the dynamics of the Arp subunits.
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- Alagu Sankareswaran S
- School of Chemical & Biotechnology, Sastra Deemed University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, 613401, India
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- School of Chemical & Biotechnology, Sastra Deemed University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, 613401, India
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- School of Chemical & Biotechnology, Sastra Deemed University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, 613401, India.
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Klages-Mundt NL, Kumar A, Zhang Y, Kapoor P, Shen X. The Nature of Actin-Family Proteins in Chromatin-Modifying Complexes. Front Genet 2018; 9:398. [PMID: 30319687 PMCID: PMC6167448 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Actin is not only one of the most abundant proteins in eukaryotic cells, but also one of the most versatile. In addition to its familiar involvement in enabling contraction and establishing cellular motility and scaffolding in the cytosol, actin has well-documented roles in a variety of processes within the confines of the nucleus, such as transcriptional regulation and DNA repair. Interestingly, monomeric actin as well as actin-related proteins (Arps) are found as stoichiometric subunits of a variety of chromatin remodeling complexes and histone acetyltransferases, raising the question of precisely what roles they serve in these contexts. Actin and Arps are present in unique combinations in chromatin modifiers, helping to establish structural integrity of the complex and enabling a wide range of functions, such as recruiting the complex to nucleosomes to facilitate chromatin remodeling and promoting ATPase activity of the catalytic subunit. Actin and Arps are also thought to help modulate chromatin dynamics and maintain higher-order chromatin structure. Moreover, the presence of actin and Arps in several chromatin modifiers is necessary for promoting genomic integrity and an effective DNA damage response. In this review, we discuss the involvement of actin and Arps in these nuclear complexes that control chromatin remodeling and histone modifications, while also considering avenues for future study to further shed light on their functional importance.
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- Naeh L Klages-Mundt
- Science Park Research Division, Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.,Program in Genetics & Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX, United States
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- Science Park Research Division, Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.,Program in Genetics & Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
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The nuclear actin-containing Arp8 module is a linker DNA sensor driving INO80 chromatin remodeling. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2018; 25:823-832. [PMID: 30177756 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0115-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nuclear actin (N-actin) and actin-related proteins (Arps) are critical components of several chromatin modulating complexes, including the chromatin remodeler INO80, but their function is largely elusive. Here, we report the crystal structure of the 180-kDa Arp8 module of Saccharomyces cerevisiae INO80 and establish its role in recognition of extranucleosomal linker DNA. Arp8 engages N-actin in a manner distinct from that of other actin-fold proteins and thereby specifies recruitment of the Arp4-N-actin heterodimer to a segmented scaffold of the helicase-SANT-associated (HSA) domain of Ino80. The helical HSA domain spans over 120 Å and provides an extended binding platform for extranucleosomal entry DNA that is required for nucleosome sliding and genome-wide nucleosome positioning. Together with the recent cryo-electron microscopy structure of INO80Core-nucleosome complex, our findings suggest an allosteric mechanism by which INO80 senses 40-bp linker DNA to conduct highly processive chromatin remodeling.
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Brahma S, Ngubo M, Paul S, Udugama M, Bartholomew B. The Arp8 and Arp4 module acts as a DNA sensor controlling INO80 chromatin remodeling. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3309. [PMID: 30120252 PMCID: PMC6098158 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05710-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nuclear actin and actin-related proteins (Arps) are key components of chromatin remodeling and modifying complexes. Although Arps are essential for the functions of chromatin remodelers, their specific roles and mechanisms are unclear. Here we define the nucleosome binding interfaces and functions of the evolutionarily conserved Arps in the yeast INO80 chromatin remodeling complex. We show that the N-terminus of Arp8, C-terminus of Arp4 and the HSA domain of Ino80 bind extranucleosomal DNA 37-51 base pairs from the edge of nucleosomes and function as a DNA-length sensor that regulates nucleosome sliding by INO80. Disruption of Arp8 and Arp4 binding to DNA uncouples ATP hydrolysis from nucleosome mobilization by disengaging Arp5 from the acidic patch on histone H2A-H2B and the Ino80-ATPase domain from the Super-helical Location (SHL) -6 of nucleosomes. Our data suggest a functional interplay between INO80's Arp8-Arp4-actin and Arp5 modules in sensing the DNA length separating nucleosomes and regulating nucleosome positioning.
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- Sandipan Brahma
- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, Science Park, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 78957, USA.,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 78957, USA.,Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, Science Park, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 78957, USA.,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 78957, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, Science Park, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 78957, USA.,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 78957, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University, 1245 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, 62901, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, Science Park, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 78957, USA. .,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 78957, USA.
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Actin-related proteins regulate the RSC chromatin remodeler by weakening intramolecular interactions of the Sth1 ATPase. Commun Biol 2018; 1:1. [PMID: 29809203 PMCID: PMC5969521 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-017-0002-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The catalytic subunits of SWI/SNF-family and INO80-family chromatin remodelers bind actin and actin-related proteins (Arps) through an N-terminal helicase/SANT-associated (HSA) domain. Between the HSA and ATPase domains lies a conserved post-HSA (pHSA) domain. The HSA domain of Sth1, the catalytic subunit of the yeast SWI/SNF-family remodeler RSC, recruits the Rtt102-Arp7/9 heterotrimer. Rtt102-Arp7/9 regulates RSC function, but the mechanism is unclear. We show that the pHSA domain interacts directly with another conserved region of the catalytic subunit, protrusion-1. Rtt102-Arp7/9 binding to the HSA domain weakens this interaction and promotes the formation of stable, monodisperse complexes with DNA and nucleosomes. A crystal structure of Rtt102-Arp7/9 shows that ATP binds to Arp7 but not Arp9. However, Arp7 does not hydrolyze ATP. Together, the results suggest that Rtt102 and ATP stabilize a conformation of Arp7/9 that potentiates binding to the HSA domain, which releases intramolecular interactions within Sth1 and controls DNA and nucleosome binding. Bengi Turegun et al. report an interaction of the highly-conserved pHSA and P1 domains of Sth1, the catalytic subunit of the SWI/SNF-family chromatin remodeler RSC. This interaction is released when ATP-bound Rtt102-Arp7/9 binds to the HSA domain, modulating DNA and nucleosome binding by Sth.
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Sen P, Luo J, Hada A, Hailu SG, Dechassa ML, Persinger J, Brahma S, Paul S, Ranish J, Bartholomew B. Loss of Snf5 Induces Formation of an Aberrant SWI/SNF Complex. Cell Rep 2017; 18:2135-2147. [PMID: 28249160 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex is highly conserved from yeast to human, and aberrant SWI/SNF complexes contribute to human disease. The Snf5/SMARCB1/INI1 subunit of SWI/SNF is a tumor suppressor frequently lost in pediatric rhabdoid cancers. We examined the effects of Snf5 loss on the composition, nucleosome binding, recruitment, and remodeling activities of yeast SWI/SNF. The Snf5 subunit is shown by crosslinking-mass spectrometry (CX-MS) and subunit deletion analysis to interact with the ATPase domain of Snf2 and to form a submodule consisting of Snf5, Swp82, and Taf14. Snf5 promotes binding of the Snf2 ATPase domain to nucleosomal DNA and enhances the catalytic and nucleosome remodeling activities of SWI/SNF. Snf5 is also required for SWI/SNF recruitment by acidic transcription factors. RNA-seq analysis suggests that both the recruitment and remodeling functions of Snf5 are required in vivo for SWI/SNF regulation of gene expression. Thus, loss of SNF5 alters the structure and function of SWI/SNF.
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- Payel Sen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78597, USA; UT MD Anderson Center for Cancer Epigenetics, Smithville, TX 78597, USA
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- UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78597, USA; UT MD Anderson Center for Cancer Epigenetics, Smithville, TX 78597, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78597, USA; UT MD Anderson Center for Cancer Epigenetics, Smithville, TX 78597, USA
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- UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78597, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78597, USA; UT MD Anderson Center for Cancer Epigenetics, Smithville, TX 78597, USA.
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Clapier CR, Kasten MM, Parnell TJ, Viswanathan R, Szerlong H, Sirinakis G, Zhang Y, Cairns BR. Regulation of DNA Translocation Efficiency within the Chromatin Remodeler RSC/Sth1 Potentiates Nucleosome Sliding and Ejection. Mol Cell 2017; 62:453-461. [PMID: 27153540 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Revised: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The RSC chromatin remodeler slides and ejects nucleosomes, utilizing a catalytic subunit (Sth1) with DNA translocation activity, which can pump DNA around the nucleosome. A central question is whether and how DNA translocation is regulated to achieve sliding versus ejection. Here, we report the regulation of DNA translocation efficiency by two domains residing on Sth1 (Post-HSA and Protrusion 1) and by actin-related proteins (ARPs) that bind Sth1. ARPs facilitated sliding and ejection by improving "coupling"-the amount of DNA translocation by Sth1 relative to ATP hydrolysis. We also identified and characterized Protrusion 1 mutations that promote "coupling," and Post-HSA mutations that improve ATP hydrolysis; notably, the strongest mutations conferred efficient nucleosome ejection without ARPs. Taken together, sliding-to-ejection involves a continuum of DNA translocation efficiency, consistent with higher magnitudes of ATPase and coupling activities (involving ARPs and Sth1 domains), enabling the simultaneous rupture of multiple histone-DNA contacts facilitating ejection.
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- Cedric R Clapier
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
| | - Timothy J Parnell
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
| | - Ramya Viswanathan
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
| | - Heather Szerlong
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
| | - George Sirinakis
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
| | - Yongli Zhang
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
| | - Bradley R Cairns
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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